Pre-Nursing students: Students pursuing an undergraduate degree (either the AAS or the BS) are admitted to the School of Nursing as pre-nursing majors; while they complete prerequisite course work and the clinical admissions process. Enrollment as a pre-nursing major enables students to utilize the advising services of the Coordinator of Student Affairs. Members of the nursing faculty are also available for advising, consultation and career exploration. This also ensures that students interested in gaining admission to clinical nursing courses are identifiable so that they may receive information about current requirements and deadlines as well as upcoming changes in general requirements and degree applicable courses.
There are approximately 300 pre-nursing majors; of those, 125 have specified an interest in pursuing the AAS degree, while 175 expect to earn the BS degree.
AAS Clinical Nursing Majors: Each year, 32 first year students and up to 32 second year students enroll in nursing courses leading to the AAS degree. A majority of students are or have been married and many have children. A small number became Licensed Practical Nurses prior to entering the AAS program. Upon entry into the nursing major, each student is assigned to a nursing faculty member for academic advising.
BS Clinical Nursing Students: Up to 40 students are admitted to the baccalaureate clinical major each trimester. Given a five-semester sequence of courses, at any given time, there is a potential for a total of 200 students to be actively enrolled in clinical course work. Because some students opt to not continue their pursuit of a degree at UAA for personal or family reasons, on average, the number of baccalaureate clinical students is approximately 180 students each semester. Nearly 10% are currently licensed as Registered Nurses in Alaska.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The composition of the graduate student body varies widely depending upon the number of specialty tracks to which students have been admitted each year. Typically, students are admitted to the specialty track of Family Nurse Practitioner each year. Every other year admission to the specialty track in Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing is also typical. Students are admitted to the specialty tracks in Advanced Community Health Nursing and Health Care Administration when a sufficiently sized cohort of students (usually from 6-8 students) is available to enroll in specialty courses.
Students not ready to pursue clinical specialty course work may be admitted to graduate study in nursing prior to making application to a specialty track.
Currently, graduate nursing students number 51; of those, 6 have been admitted to graduate study but have not specified a specialty emphasis, 23 are enrolled in the FNP specialty, and 10 are taking courses in the Psychiatric/Mental Health Specialty. An additional 12 students in the Health Care Administration or Community Nursing Specialties are completing degree requirements.
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